Naomi Schiller

Naomi Schiller is assistant professor of anthropology. Schiller studies the media, the state, ethnographic film, social movements and politics in Latin America. Her current research examines how people use community television in Caracas, Venezuela, to enact political change. Schiller is an ethnographic filmmaker and has worked collaboratively with media producers in Caracas to produce short films. She has taught courses on Latin America, ethnographic film, the anthropology of media, social theory and American cities.

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Books and Publications

"Anthropology of Liberalism." The International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed. Dominic Boyer and Ulf Hannerz, anthropology section co-editors. Reed Elsevier. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015

"Changing the Channel: Class Conflict, Everyday State Formation, and Television in Venezuela." Latin American Perspectives. Accepted for publication. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2015